Poll Power: The Voter Education Project and the Movement for the Ballot in the American South
(Part of the Justice, Power, and Politics Series)
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The civil rights movement required money. In the early 1960s, after years of grassroots organizing, civil rights activists convinced nonprofit foundations to donate in support of voter education and registration efforts. One result was the Voter Education Project (VEP), which, starting in 1962, showed far-reaching results almost immediately and organized the groundwork that eventually led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In African American communities...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1469652005
ISBN13:9781469652009
Release Date:May 2019
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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